SUNDAY SCHOOL – THE HOLY TRINITY ENGLISH CHAPEL

Dear parents and grand-parents,

A great preoccupation of our church is the care for
the religious education of the youth of our community, and its participation at
the Sunday’s religious services of the church. In this respect, we have built
a nice intimate holy Chapel, where Sunday English Services are held regularly
between 10:00-11:00 am, the children are offered a Sunday brunch afterwards,
and Classroom sessions are held between 11:30 am through 12:30 pm, in all three
nicely decorated, repainted and newly recarpeted Sunday School rooms of the
church.

Neither the clergy, however, nor the Sunday School
Teacher’s by themselves, and/or in cooperation with the Church’s clergy, could
alone fulfill this vocation of the church. It is therefore absolutely
imperative the cooperation of all the parents and grandparents, who have
children of age 4 and older, to enroll them and bring them to the Sunday
School, on a regular basis, and make sure that they are on time.

Attached you’ll find an explanatory prospect, giving
details of our religious education program for this year. Please, read it and,
if you have questions and/or suggestions, do not hesitate to call our office.

The official beginning of the Catechetical School
Year is: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001
- according to the following program:

OCTOBER 7, 2001

Confessions-9:30 am

Divine Liturgy-
10:00
am

Te-Deum and Water
Blessing for school Beginning- 11:30
AM

Bringing the children to Church - which is the Holy
Place of God - we advise the parents to please dress them properly (girls in
dresses and the boys in trousers, shirts and ties). No ear rings or improper
hair-cut will be permitted for the boys. No improper vocabulary is permitted on
the church grounds.

We recommend the parents to offer no food to
children on Sunday morning (for children over 7 years of age) thus having them
prepared for receiving the Holy Communion.

Please, complete the form printed below - Enrollment
Form - a copy for each child - and send it ASAP to the church office to enroll
your child/children to the 2001/2002 School Year. If you have any friends, who
have children of age 4 years and older, please advise them to call our office
and request an Enrollment Form for their child/children.

Thank you for your kind cooperation. Yours truly,

religious services (in English)
& the Sunday catechetical school

Why English Services?

AsRomanian Americans of Orthodox Faith, we
have the duty to do our part to continue the Orthodox Mission, initiated by the
Russian Orthodox Church in North America (since 1794) more than 200 years
ago.

From the history of
the Orthodox Christianity, we all know of the great and holy work started by our
beloved Saint Herman of Alaska, followed by the vast unbelievable work
completed by St.Innocent, which could easily fill several books.

We do recall that in
late 1898 to 1905, the future Patriarch of Moscow, St. Tikhon, coming to
America, along with Bishop Raphael (+1915), united many ethnic Orthodox people,
healed divisions, built Churches, and instructed that English be used in
America.

Through his vision
from God, St. Tikhon stated that throughout Orthodox Missions, through the
ages, the Church was able to proclaim the Gospel of Christ in the language of
the people, which is used for each Country accordingly. In the spirit and
prophetic vision of Saint Tikhon, we must press forward, using English in our
services, or run the risk of becoming ethnic clubs forever in America.

The Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church of Southern California (“HTOCSC - The Chapel ”), conducts its
services in the “Orthodox English Chapel”, built in the former chancery (parish
offices) of the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, located at: 3315 Verdugo
Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90065.

The Sunday
Catechetical School, as well as the “HTOCSC/The Chapel“ Services are held
entirely in the English Language.

All people of
ORTHODOX FAITH are wholeheartedly welcome to attend.

a). Serving Clergy:
“HTOCSC”(The Chapel) services are held by all the clergy of
theHoly Trinity Church: